MXGP

The Entry lists for the MXGP of Latvia, which will be held in Kegums on Saturday 30^th April and Sunday 1^st May are now official.

In addition to the MXGP and MX2 classes, the first round of the European Championship EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing and the second round of the European Championships EMX250 and EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing will also be taking place.

Please find here below the official entry lists

MXGP Entry List

MX2 Entry List

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Entry List

EMX250 Entry List

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Entry List

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Christophe Charlier is making slow progress in his 2016 assault on the MXGP championship. The Frenchman who is presently 13^th in the championship points with 72 points might not be among the contenders, but he is working hard to try and get into the top ten in the elite class.

Last weekend in Mexico, Charlier scored 17 points, but he is still working on improving his race fitness after am early season injury.

“I crashed in the qualifying race and had a bad gate pick for the final moto’s. I tried not to let that affect me and focused on consistently putting in fast laps. I’m still working on my physical condition but I can honestly say I’m getting closer to where I want to be in every race. We are now going back home in Belgium for a few weeks and my plan is to work as hard as I can for the following GP in Latvia. The feeling is good, I enjoy my time racing the FC 450 and I’m positive the results will soon start coming our way.”

The previous week in Argentina Charlier felt like he was making good progress, and his haul of 20 points proved that.

“Physically I was feeling a bit closer to where I want to be and the pain from my injuries was almost non-existent. For me the Grand Prix in Argentina was even tougher than the previous one in The Netherlands. The most important thing is that I now start enjoying myself again on the bike and I know this will slowly pay off in terms of results. My goal is to keep building on my physical conditioning so that I can be able to keep pushing until the end of each moto. But everything keeps getting better as the season goes on. I’m feeling super positive going to Mexico now. The track there is hard-packed and that suits my riding style a lot more.”

Despite his somewhat lack of being comfortable in sand, Charlier fought hard at Valkenswaard and was able to build on his opening two rounds in Qatar and Thailand.

“We had done a lot of work with the team since Thailand and it paid off. I also had the chance to do some races in the sand in preparation for this GP and it helped a lot. Sand is not my strongest point but I fought really hard today and I think the results prove we’ve made some steps in the right direction. I had a big crash in the first moto, which didn’t allow me to fight for a place inside the top 15. Then in the second moto I got a good start and rode to 10th at the finish. Another positive to take away from this round was that I managed to improve on my starts. I was inside the top 12 after the start in both moto’s. I’m really looking forward to the following rounds, and the hard-packed tracks so I can show what I’m capable of.”

Now onto Kegums in Latvia, for rounds six of the MXGP championship and a circuit where the Husqvarna factory rider hopes to improve his championship position.

One hundred and twenty-eighth issue of this bi-weekly motorcycle sport magazine, tackling the latest races and issues in MXGP MotoGP, AMA Motocross/Supercross and World Superbike as well as general motorcycling and accessories with the best blogs and photographs. In OTOR 128: Full MXGP, MotoGP & SX recaps; fantastic imagery from Austin, Leon and St Louis with Blogs from the heart of the paddock in the latest batch of races to fall before the new OTOR. First contact: The ProTaper effect; looking at how the works Rockstar IceOne Husky MXGP team test, rate and use components like handlebars and what ProTaper bring to the mix. Reloading the gun: Tommy Searle; exclusive chat with the UK’s most successful MXGP athlete and whether resurrection is on the cards in 2016 and the journey back to the spotlight. Power of One: Michele Rinaldi; Italy’s first ever MX World Champ and Yamaha honcho explains his approach to life & work & how he has enjoyed many spoils through the decades in MXGP.

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The Fox Holeshot award runs across the entire MXGP season. The way it works is 1 point is awarded for each race holeshot. He who has the most points in MXGP at the end of the season will win the grand prize of €10,000 while he with the most points in MX2 will win the grand prize of €5,000.

At the MXGP of Leon - Mexico, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl claimed both Fox Holeshots in MXGP class.

Meanwhile in MX2 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Anstie and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings took the Fox Holeshot in race one and race two respectively.

Watch MXGP of Leon ‘Fox Holeshot’ fims here below.

MXGP FOX Holeshot Film

MX2 FOX Holeshot Film

MONACO (Principality of Monaco), 18 April 2016 - MXGP is pleased to welcome onboard BIHR, a European distributor of aftermarket motorcycle parts and accessories, for both rider and machine. BIHR will be a partner of MXGP for the 2016 season and will have visibility in and around the track and paddock at each and every round of the FIM Motocross World Championship.

Bihr was founded in 1975 by Cyrille Bihr and since has expanded to pan almost all of Europe.

With sales offices in France, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland under the BIHR brand, in Scandinavia under the DUELLS brand and in Spain and Portugal under the VICMA brand, Bihr offers proximity services to motorcycle professionals.

Bihr supplies over 100.000 products of more than 300 brands exclusively through their network of professional dealers and resellers.

More than 11.000 dealers already take advantage of Bihr’s one-stop-shop offer, excellent availability, fast and free delivery options, and ease of doing business.

Passion for motorcycling is one of the core values at Bihr and they love sharing it with all of their partners!

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The gates dropped at round five of the FIM Motocross World Championship, the MXGP of Leon in Mexico. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings set the fastest lap time for the weekend in MX2 while Honda Gariboldi's Tim Gajser set the fastest time over the weekend in MXGP.

Both riders have added one point to their TAG Heuer fastest lap score sheets. 

If you don’t know about this competition, the way it works is; he who sets the fastest lap time in each MXGP or MX2 over the weekend at each round of MXGP this year will be awarded 1 point towards the TAG Heuer sponsored ‘fastest lap’ competition. At the end of the season, the rider who has the most points will be awarded an elegant gift of prestige, a TAG Heuer watch.

If you scroll down on the main page at MXGP.com you will see the TAG HEUER Fastest Lap results grid, which is situated directly underneath the FOX Holeshot results grid.

LEON (Mexico), 17 April 2016 – The dust has settled on the cactus and shrub that surrounds the impressive motocross track of Leon where the fifth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship took place earlier today. The thin air manifested from the high-altitude created an extra challenge for the racers and their machines, as did the blue groove sun baked clay, but it was Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings who excelled in the unique environment and topped the box in their respective classes.

The young guns, Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre, are really setting the tone in the championship this year. Febvre was last year’s rookie and is now the defending champion while Gajser, who is the 2015 MX2 World Champion, is the new rookie on the block. What these two are doing in the premier class and the way they have adjusted from the 250cc machines to the 450’s is incredible. Both riders are products of talent, dedication and drive, married with great teams and even better machinery. Gajser in particular, this weekend, was outstanding, he is so calm and focused out on track it’s incredible. Meanwhile Febvre chomped down a decent gap in the first race to pass Gajser for the win with a handful of laps to go, but in race two it was a different story with Gajser proving to be too strong, “I struggled a little bit with the settings on the bike”, Febvre said, “so I worked with the team late last night and today it was much better but I was missing something to have enough for the win and that is just how it is.”

Febvre and Gajser tied on points, 47 each, with Gajser being awarded the grand prix victory because he had the better result in the final moto, first. Gajser has now won three rounds of MXGP to Febvre’s two, but Febvre still leads the championship by three points.

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl is holding the torch for the seasoned riders in the premier class with his two third place finishes for third overall. The German is running a fierce pace at the moment, but isn’t quite in the same zone as the youngsters up front, Febvre & Gajser. Nevertheless, he landed on the box for third time on the bounce and has moved up to fifth in the world championship standings, five points shy of Evgeny Bobryshev in fourth and six shy of Antonio Cairoli in third.

Consistency is everything to Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev who knows how important it is to get points on the board at each and every round. Today Bobby did what he needed to do without taking any risks, two fourths for fourth overall.

Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle is making solid progress after he started the season with a broken radius in his arm, which was operated on only one week before Qatar. Because of the injury, the Belgian hasn’t been able to train too much and has said his race fitness is only about 85%. Two fifth place finishes for fifth overall here in Leon would have felt as almost as good as a win for Desalle.

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), 35:08.054; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:04.315; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:08.295; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:13.662; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:31.207; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:35.377; 7. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:36.711; 8. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:38.658; 9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:46.175; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:46.828

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), 35:32.594; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:16.264; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:27.592; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:36.883; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:45.418; 6. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:51.089; 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:54.127; 8. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:58.423; 9. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +1:13.686; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +1:16.958

MXGP Overall Top Ten: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 47 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 47 p.; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 40 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 36 p.; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 32 p.; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 27 p.; 7. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 25 p.; 8. Tommy Searle (GBR, KAW), 24 p.; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 24 p.; 10. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, SUZ), 24 p.

MXGP Championship Top Ten: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 219 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 216 p.; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 171 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 170 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 165 p.; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 162 p.; 7. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, SUZ), 127 p.; 8. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 122 p.; 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 104 p.; 10. Tommy Searle (GBR, KAW), 98 p.

MXGP Manufacturer: 1. Yamaha, 220 points; 2. Honda, 218 p.; 3. KTM, 178 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 176 p.; 5. Suzuki, 139 p.; 6. Kawasaki, 119 p.

Believe the hype. Jeffrey Herlings is back and better than ever. The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider is a cut above everyone at the moment and he hardly looks like he is breaking a sweat. While the old Jeffrey, the one we have seen in previous years, would ride the first laps like a bull at a gate, this year we are seeing a new and improved, mature and uber focused Bullet. “I pretty much lost the championship last season being too aggressive in the beginning” Herlings said after qualifying yesterday, “what I learned in the past is that you can win by five seconds or you can win by a minute, it doesn’t mean anything extra. So I just try to win and I try to do what people expect me to do.” Which is exactly what he is doing.

Team Suzuki World MX2’s Jeremy Seewer is looking very comfortable this year and his results are reflecting it. The Swiss rider is always smooth and consistent which are skills that have landed him on the podium for the fourth time this year. “I will keep working to try to get close to Jeffrey and try make his life a little bit more difficult” the optimistic twenty-two year old said.

There was no smile bigger than that of Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s Vsevelod Brylyakov who had hands down the best weekend of his career! The young Russian qualified fourth which was a result he was absolutely pumped with, but then to turn that into a second place in race one and a sixth in race two after a gnarly crash on the second lap, the young Russian was able to uncork his first bottle of bubbles on the third step of the podium.

It was a bit of a rough day in the office for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass who got off to two mint starts only to crash in both races. In the first moto the Latvian had a front-end wash out, an error of his own, while in the second race he tangled with TM Racing Factory Team’s up-and-comer Samuele Bernardini. Despite the adversity, the 2015 MX2 vice world champion bounced back in both races for two fourths and fourth overall.

Last but not least, with the last pick of the gate, getting a good start was the first challenge for Wilvo Standing Construct Yamaha Official MX2 Team’s Aleksandr Tonkov after his bike stopped due to a problem with the electronics in the Qualifying Race yesterday. It ended up being mind over matter for the Russian who just hammered it once the gate fell and rode solid in both races for a pair of fifths and fifth overall.

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:11.123; 2. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Kawasaki), +0:33.978; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:38.195; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:40.758; 5. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:53.207; 6. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), +0:54.852; 7. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), +0:56.232; 8. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:56.696; 9. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, KTM), +1:17.721; 10. Jorge Zaragoza (ESP, Honda), +1:23.832.

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 35:35.640; 2. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:44.423; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:47.549; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:57.008; 5. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:59.649; 6. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Kawasaki), +1:00.716; 7. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +1:06.097; 8. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), +1:31.849; 9. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), +1:41.666; 10. Jorge Zaragoza (ESP, Honda), +1:56.479.

MX2 Overall Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 40 p.; 3. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, KAW), 37 p.; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 36 p.; 5. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, YAM), 32 p.; 6. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 28 p.; 7. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 27 p.; 8. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), 26 p.; 9. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 25 p.; 10. Jorge Zaragoza (ESP, HON), 22 p.

MX2 Championship Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 250 points; 2. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 192 p.; 3. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 166 p.; 4. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, YAM), 163 p.; 5. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 132 p.; 6. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 126 p.; 7. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, KAW), 121 p.; 8. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), 117 p.; 9. Alvin Östlund (SWE, YAM), 89 p.; 10. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 82 p.

MX2 Manufacturer: 1. KTM, 250 points; 2. Suzuki, 192 p.; 3. Yamaha, 180 p.; 4. Kawasaki, 168 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 138 p.; 6. TM, 117 p.; 7. Honda, 100 p.

Click here to obtain the complete results

All the photos of the MXGP of Leon will be available HERE

MXGP OF LEON – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1575m

Type of ground: Intermediate to hard

Temperature: 29°C

Weather conditions: sunny

Crowd attendance: 33,000

MXGP was available across the board in high definition and is also globally available to view live and in HD on MXGP-TV.com. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks.

NEXT ROUND

The next round of the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship will take place in two weeks time on May 1^st in Kegums, Latvia.

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